Headteacher
River Tyne Academy Gateshead, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5PQ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 November 2025 at 8am
Date listed
18 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Group 4 L14-L27
What skills and experience we're looking for
GENERAL
The Headteacher ensures high standards of provision, aligning all activities with the River Tees Multi-Academy Trust’s strategic goals, statutory requirements, and school improvement plans. We work closely with our commissioning Local Authorities and schools so being able to build and maintain these relationships is vital. Every one of our schools has a different context so the Headteacher has responsibly for delivering approaches that we know work for all schools while also understanding the needs of individual learners, families, partners and commissioners. We use research-informed, evidence-based reflective practice to develop our workforce. We care about the well-being of our workforce and are committed to fair approaches to managing the team.
This role involves building and leading a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence, efficiency, and compliance with the Academies Handbook. Our Headteachers collaborate to develop practice to help us change lives. As Headteacher you will also work with other school leaders, Trustees, the Trust central team and commissioners to create a solution-focused environment that enables schools to flourish.
Our cohort of learners have multiple barriers to successful engagement in education. We want them all to thrive through strong attendance, positive relationships and building their skills and knowledge through our Currency, Character and Community curriculum focus. A thorough knowledge of safeguarding practice helps our Headteachers to support learners, their families and our staff team. Some learners do not attend as well as they should and the Headteacher needs to ensure that everything possible is being done to improve the attendance of each and every one.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
DEVELOPING A VISION FOR THE SCHOOL AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE VISION OF THE TRUST
Support the CEO, governors and Trustees in developing the school to provide the best possible education for our learners.
Work with the cross-trust team to ensure that all areas of delivery including attendance, inclusion, SEND, teaching and learning, curriculum, behaviour, safeguarding, personal development and leadership and management are effective.
Be reflective and analytical about the needs of learners and the strategies that have the greatest impact on attendance, attitudes and progress and successful outcomes.
Work to a high standard in implementing agreed policies, priorities and expectations across the whole team.
Promote wellbeing, diversity and inclusion and a culture of teamwork, in which the views of all members of the school community are valued and taken into account.
Lead the development and co-ordination of a meaningful CPD process that supports the whole team to perform at their best.
Undertake self-evaluation and engage fully with Trust quality assurance.
Produce and monitor the school development plan in partnership with the CEO and other Headteachers.
Enable learners to make effective transitions including return to mainstream schools and progression into appropriate next steps.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
Create, maintain and develop positive and effective working relationships both with and between young people, colleagues, parents and carers, governors, trust members and other stakeholders.
Recognise where relationships between others are not progressing well and take proactive measures to improve those relationships.
Develop an effective working relationship with governors, trustees and the Executive Team.
Ensure that policies, procedures and expectations are shared and communicated with staff, pupils and parents/carers.
Develop relationships with other schools & academies to ensure smooth transitions for pupils.
Build and maintain productive partnerships with our commissioners, including Local authorities and schools.
Promote effective multi-disciplinary working with a range of other support agencies.
Work to extend our outreach offer in line with the three-tier AP model.
LEADING LEARNING AND TEACHING
Ensure that the curriculum offer is ambitious for all learners, in line with River Tees Multi-Academy Trust’s 3C curriculum.
Be accountable for the highest quality teaching through the monitoring of teaching and learning and the implementation of improvement strategies.
Identify and challenge underperformance and ensure appropriate and effective support is provided.
Ensure future training for whole staff and specific individuals is informed by the curriculum offer and developments to teaching and learning.
Take a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils.
Take responsibility for target setting and assessment across the school, making sure every learner has appropriate and specific targets for their academic work and personal development/preparation for adulthood.
Use assessment and other data pro-actively to improve practice and outcomes for students.
Ensure that data collection for Education Health and Care Plans and other shared documents is robust.
Ensure that all staff use relevant pupil information to plan their lessons, interventions and support offer.
Focus on including all learners through trauma informed and relational approaches.
Management of teaching and non-teaching staff, to include annual discussions of performance as part of the Trust’s Professional Reflection and Development model.
Develop, implement and review effective strategies for behaviour and attendance management ensuring that these are understood and implemented by staff.
Monitor and quality assure predicted outcomes across the curriculum in a systematic way
Ensure effective support and recording systems to maximise positive pupil welfare and a shared zero tolerance of bullying and other anti-social activity.
DEVELOPING SELF AND WORKING WITH OTHERS
Lead the creation of a positive school ethos and culture, in which every individual is treated with dignity and respect and the safety and welfare of children and young people is paramount.
Lead the development of collaborative approaches to working with vulnerable learners within the school and beyond.
Identify any potential HR issues early and swiftly document concerns, support staff to improve and follow HR advice.
Engage in relevant professional development activity as necessary, with due consideration for the safe and effective running of the school.
Help keep own knowledge and understanding relevant and up-to-date by reflecting on own practice, liaising with others, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness.
Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from your line manager
Actively participate in the Trust’s professional reflection and development programme.
Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the Trust, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality
MANAGING THE ORGANISATION
Lead the school so it is a safe and happy environment in which the children and staff can learn and thrive.
Work with the HR Lead/School Business Manager to recruit and retain staff of the highest quality to the academy.
Lead the planning process in regard to the distribution of resources, to ensure they meet the school’s identified priorities.
Be accountable for the management of the academy budget and ensuring value for money.
Use the robust financial systems in place within all trust schools.
Ensure we get both value for money and the best outcomes for our children from the use of resources.
Ensure all funding streams including Pupil premium are targeted appropriately following best practice and the achieve impact.
Succession plan for future capacity and developments.
Make recommendations on progression including applications from teaching staff for Post Threshold Teacher status.
Lead on staff deployment, timetables and rotas.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY
Understand the diversity of the school community.
Promote equality of opportunity and tackle prejudice.
Create positive relationships and partnerships with mainstream schools and the Local Authority.
Develop a meaningful curriculum which provides all students with opportunities to maximise their potential and secure long-lasting employment.
Promote and model strong relationships with parents and carers, based on partnerships, to support and improve students’ achievement.
Strengthen and promote links with the community.
As Headteacher, you will be required to meet the general requirements of this post as specified in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document and the National Standards for Headteachers.
Executive Headteachers have responsibilities in more than one school or significant site.
Regional Headteacher are required to represent and grow the Trust’s footprint across the sub-region, supporting our schools, outreach offer and our Charity.
The above duties and responsibilities cannot totally encompass or define all tasks which may be required of the incumbent. The outlined duties and responsibilities may, therefore, vary from time to time without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility; these factors are reflected in the post grade. All employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to the principles of equal rights both in relation to employment issues and service delivery and to adhere to the policies of the Council in performance of their duties.
All employees are expected to respect all confidentialities and principles and practice of the Data Protection Act.
All post holders are required to comply with Health and Safety policies and legislation.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust is committed to investing in the training and development of its staff to ensure they possess the necessary skills for their roles. If you identify any gaps in your experience, please mention them in your application and express your readiness to acquire these skills.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About River Tyne Academy Gateshead
- School type
- Academy, ages 8 to 16
- School size
- 110 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 8 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- River Tyne Academy Gateshead website
- Email address
- recruitment@rtmat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 265918
Hello,
I am proud to be the Headteacher at River Tyne Academy Gateshead. We work with learners who are facing an interruption in their learning because they have been permanently excluded from their previous school or because their school has asked us to work with them to understand their underlying needs. We help our learners return to mainstream or another provision that meets their needs and build a successful future at a point that is right for them.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced to motivate and engage our learners whilst providing them with the core skills and qualifications to enable them to progress. During their time with us learners focus on building Currency, Character and Community knowledge and skills. Our highly trained team deliver a range of GCSEs and vocational programmes to our learners and have high expectations - as a minimum we expect all learners to leave with a minimum of GCSEs in English and maths and go on to education and training post-16 or into employment. When learners are ready to leave our school we work with other organisations to ensure their transition is successful.
We understand how important it is to work with parents and carers to ensure they feel supported. Every learner has a link tutor who regularly updates parents and carers and we value feedback from all our stakeholders.
If you would like to find out more about River Tyne Academy we look forward to hearing from you.
Rebecca Matthews
Headteacher
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